Stags Dominate SCIAC Duals; Athenas Finish Second

CMS showed why they are one of the top ranked teams in the West Region and the nation as they dominated the SCIAC Multi-Duals. The Stags went 7-0 in the competition after finishing two-three-four-five overall in the race. The Athenas finished 6-1 despite a strong one-three finish. This meet counts towards 50% of the SCIAC Championship with the remaining 50% coming from the SCIAC Championships results.

The Athenas raced first and ran strong for the first five kilometers of the six kilometer race with six runners in the top 12. The team faded some over the last kilometer and Occidental used a strong finish to pull out a 27-28 win. CMS beat Pomona-Pitzer 25-33 and comfortably won the remaining five dual meets: 20-39 over Whittier, 18-44 over Cal Lutheran, 15-48 over Redlands and 15-50 over Caltech and La Verne. Jennie Tavé (SO, St. Germain, France) won the race with a dominating performance. She ran 22:12 and finished 28 seconds in front of the second place finisher, who was a 2008 All-American. Julia Rigby (SO, Tustin) also ran well finishing third overall in 22:51. The other scorers for the Athenas were Ashley Scott (JR, Battle Creek, MI) in 12th, Kate Crawford (FR, Seattle, WA) in 14th and Alison Gushue (SO, Tustin) in 16th.

The Stags dominated right from the gun and were never threatened in the race. Kramer Straube (JR, Menlo Park) pushed the winner throughout the race before finishing second in 26:26. Georgi Dinolov (JR, Santa Cruz) and Kris Brown (JR, Seattle, WA) ran together for almost the entire race and finished third and fourth in 27:00 and 27:08 respectively. Matt Cummins (JR, Riverside) finished fifth and Florian Scheulen (SR, Encinitas) finished eighth to round out the scorers. The Stags also had the 11th, 14th and 15th finishers in Brian Kopczynski (JR, Coto de Caza), Matt Kurtis (SR, Bellingham, WA) and Bryan Chow (SO, Livermore). CMS, the second ranked team in the West Region and 22nd in the nation, put eight runners in front of fourth ranked Pomona-Pitzer’s fifth runner. The Stags beat Occidental 20-43, Pomona-Pitzer 16-42, Cal Lutheran 16-47, Whittier 15-50 and Caltech, La Verne and Redlands 15-50.

The SCIAC Championships will be October 31 at Prado Regional Park in Chino. The women race at 9:00 with the men following at 9:45.

Complete Results